Bible Prophecy 101 An Introduction to the subject

Bible Prophecy 101 An Introduction to the subject of Bible Prophecy Week 3

Topic Outline • • Recap Week 2 Terminology & Definitions Framework (Multiple fulfillment ) Old Testament Prophecy (Psalms) Linkage to Other Scripture Application & Lessons for Us Question / Answer Session

Recap Week 2 Leviticus 26 was addressed to the people of Israel. • If they obeyed God’s commands, they would be blessed • If they disobeyed, they would be punished by God, in order to discipline them and bring them back to the right way. Deuteronomy 28 was spoken to the next generation of Israel • These grownup children were given the same message as their parents. • Parts of this prophecy (like taking possession of the promised land) were fulfilled in Joshua's time, while other parts (like being taken out of the land into captivity were to be fulfilled in a later time. 2 Samuel 7 deals with God’s great promises to king David. • Initially, this prophecy was partially fulfilled by Solomon. • However, a future fulfillment of this prophecy was by Jesus, and there is still a significant part of this prophecy yet to happen.

Key Point Brought Forward Bible prophecy concerning the people of Israel has been and continues to be fulfilled, and WE are seeing it happen today!

Genesis Last week Leviticus Deuteron. -Judges This week Samuel. Psalms -Malachi N T 2000 AD 0 Jesus Exodus Ourselves 1000 BC David Moses Abraham Adam Noah 2000 BC 4000 BC Prophetic Framework - Timeline

Framework - Key Events / People (cont'd) Exodus to Judges Last Week • Moses = prototype (deliverer, miracles, man of God) • Deliverance from Egypt on exact timeframe, as prophesied • Dead Sea event destroyed and saved (divine act; dual outcome) • Israel a chosen people = prototype (1 st century believers) • Law given by God = shadow of things to come (e. g. , Passover lamb) • Manna and water from rock = prototype (bread from heaven, living water) • Blessings for obedience prophesied, and are seen to be fulfilled throughout Israel’s history • Curses and punishment for disobedience prophesied, and are seen to be fulfilled in both Bible and secular history • Case histories of Israel = written down as warnings & instruction for us • Joshua = prototype (name, victorious warrior, gains the promised land) • Judges = prototypes (save repentant people out of power of oppressors) • Ruth = another example of key women in family tree of David & Jesus

Samuel to Malachi • Samuel the prophet anointed and mentored first two kings • David was a man after God’s own heart, and wrote prophetic psalms • David’s zeal and faithfulness brings Seed promise #3 • Elijah the prophet confronted king Ahab over worship of false gods • Micaiah the prophet predicted the certain death of Ahab in battle • Isaiah the prophet confronted king Ahaz, encouraged king Hezekiah • Isaiah foretold the Kingdom age and the suffering Messiah • Jeremiah the prophet confronted king Zedekiah and his false prophets • Jeremiah predicted doom/exile for Jerusalem/Judah, and a new covenant • Ezekiel the prophet (in exile) confronted his listeners, was a man of sign • Ezekiel confirmed Jeremiah’s message, and predicted restoration • Daniel the prophet confronted Babylonian kings and wrong decrees • Daniel saw long term visions of what will befall the people of Israel • Amos the prophet predicted a time when the prophetic message dries up • Zechariah the prophet described the ‘time of the end’ for Jerusalem • Malachi the prophet foretold a messenger to herald the Messiah Last Week This Week Framework - Key Events / People (cont'd

Terminology & Definitions • Messianic Psalm – a God-inspired song or chant whose words not only fit the circumstances and needs of the author and initial hearers, but also foretold the experiences and events surrounding the promised Messiah, Jesus the Christ (anointed) of God. E. g. Psalm 118: 22 -27 is the basis for the shouting of the people when Jesus entered Jerusalem + Jesus' own citation (Matthew 21: 8 -11, 42) Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD - v. 26 The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner - v. 22 Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest - v. 9 The very stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner - v. 42

Terminology & Definitions (cont'd) • Last Days – a phrase used to refer to the circumstances and the time period just prior to and shortly after the Return of Christ to the earth But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress. (2 Timothy 3: 1) …that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles. First of all, you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions, and saying "Where is the promise of his coming? " (2 Peter 3: 2 -4)

Terminology & Definitions (cont'd) • Last Days – the idea is also expressed by the phrases "the latter days" or "the time of the end" …but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days (Daniel 2: 28 + see 10: 14, Isaiah 2: 2, Ezekiel 38: 8, 16 ) When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and obey his voice (Deuteronomy 4: 30 + see Numbers 24: 14, Jeremiah 30: 24) …And there shall be a time of trouble such as never has been since there was a nation till that time; but at that time, your people shall be delivered…But you Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end (Daniel 12: 1 -4, 9, 13)

Psalms: A Prophetic Source Then he [Jesus] said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled". Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. " (Luke 24: 44 -47) Therefore, we should expect the Psalms to contain prophetic information about Jesus. In particular, we should find prophetic text concerning the resurrection of the Christ. And we do in Ps 16: 8 -11 (see next slide).

Psalms: A Prophetic Source (cont'd) For David says concerning him…'For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Hades {the grave}, nor let thy Holy One see corruption'… Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we are witnesses. (Acts 2: 25 -32) Points: • Context: The apostle Peter is citing and interpreting Ps 16: 8 -11 • Peter calls David a prophet who foresaw Christ's resurrection = Psalm 16 is a prophetic source re. 'Jesus rising from the dead' • David did understand that God's oath concerned a future 'son' who (though he died first) would be king on his throne. Compare how Abraham 'saw' the resurrection + Jesus (Heb 11: 19, Jn 8: 56)

Multiple Fulfillment Illustration - Psalm 2 {1} Why do the nations conspire, and the peoples plot in vain? {2} The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and his anointed, saying, {3} "Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast their cords from us. " {4} He who sits in the heavens laughs; the LORD has them in derision. {5} Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, {6} "I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill. " Points: • 1 st fulfillment - David wrote this about himself: established as king by God in the midst of hostile Gentiles (2 Sam 5: 7 -10, 8: 1 -14) • 2 nd fulfillment - Acts 4: 25 -31 quotes this writing of David as text relevant to the hostility of Pilate, Herod & the Jews against Jesus • 3 rd fulfillment - Is 2: 2 -4, 33: 17 -22 prophesy a last-days setting in which the Christ rules his kingdom from Mt. Zion and Jerusalem

Multiple Fulfillment Illustration - Psalm 2 {7} I will tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to me, "You are my son, today I have begotten you. " {8} "Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. {9} You shall break them with a rod of iron, and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. " {10} Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. {11} Serve the LORD with fear, with trembling {12} kiss his feet, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way; for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. Points: • 4 th fulfillment - Acts 13: 33 quotes v. 7 as a text predicting God's declaration about Jesus on the day of his resurrection • 5 th fulfillment - Rev 2: 27, 19: 15 cite v. 9 as text to describe the kind of rulership Jesus will use over the nations when he first sets up the Kingdom of God

Multiple Fulfillment Recap Psalm 16 A. D. 30 fulfillment Initial fulfillment Reflection of David's own experience & hope Applied to the resurrection of Jesus, the promised Messiah Psalm 2 1000 B. C. setting Assessment of David's circumstance being God's appointed king in Zion, against whom the nations are seeking to rebel -- they would fail! Future fulfillment Prediction of the failure of those nations who rebel against Jesus, the returned Messiah Applied to the circumstance of Pilate, Herod, and the rulers of the Jews who sought to destroy God's Christ, and failed! A. D. 30 fulfillment

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Who wrote it: David When: Around 1000 B. C. Audience: presumably contemporary worshippers of the LORD + David knew future generations (including Jesus) would benefit from the inspired words Setting: not known; it may have been based on some very personally distressing time in David's life (unrecorded), or it might just be entirely predictive for the benefit of Jesus to trust that God would deliver him.

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d) {1} My God, my God, why hast thou v. 1 first part spoken by Jesus forsaken me? Why art thou so far from on the cross (Matthew 27: 46) helping me, from the words of my groaning? . . {6} But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people v. 6 people called for his crucifixion (Matthew 27: 23) {7} All who see me mock at me, they make mouths at me, they wag their heads; v. 7 mocked by soldiers, rulers and thieves (Matthew 27: 39) {8} "He committed his cause to the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, for he delights in him!" v. 8 cited by the mocking Jewish rulers (Matthew 27: 42)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d) {9} Yet thou art he who took me from the womb; thou didst keep me safe upon my mother's breasts. v. 9 rescued from king Herod's murdering (Matthew 2: 13 -15) {10} Upon thee was I cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me thou hast been my God. . . v. 10 knew that God was his Father (Luke 2: 49) v. 14 the agony of the {14} I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart crucifixion posture is like wax, it is melted within my breast; {15} my strength is dried up like a v. 15 continued agony of the potsherd, and my tongue cleaves to my cross + basis of Jesus saying "I thirst" (John 19: 28) jaws; thou dost lay me in the dust of death.

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d) {16} Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet -- v. 16 piercing of nails (John 20: 25, 27) {18} they divide my garments among them, and for my raiment they cast lots. v. 18 soldiers gambled for his clothes (Matthew 27: 35) {19} But thou, O LORD, be not far off! v. 19 -21 "Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, O thou my help, hasten to my aid! {20} Deliver my soul from the sword, my life from the power of the dog! {21} Save me from the mouth of the lion, my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild oxen! with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard for his godly fear" (Hebrews 5: 7)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d) {22} I will tell of thy name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will praise thee. . . v. 22 anticipates the resurrection (see v. 25) {24} For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him. v. 24 Jesus' prayer is heard by God in both the garden and on the cross (Luke 22: 42 -43, Hebrews 5: 7) {25} From thee comes my praise in the v. 25 confirms the resurrection great congregation; my vows I will pay (Ps 40: 6 -10, cited in Hebrews before those who fear him. 10: 5 -9 )

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d) {27} All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him. v. 27 to be fulfilled in Jesus (Zechariah 14: 17, 4, 9) {29} Yea, to him shall the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust. . v. 29 to be fulfilled in Jesus (Philippians 2: 9 -11) {30} Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation, v. 30 apostles preaching? (Acts 1: 8) {31} and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it. v. 31 the basis for Jesus final words on the cross: "It is finished!" (John 19: 30)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d) Application / Lesson • Jesus evidently used what he learned from the Psalm to help him face, endure and triumph over the pain and the shame of the cross = his followers should learn the same from their Scripture understanding, as taught by Hebrews 12: 1 -3 "…let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance that race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. "

OT Prophecy - Psalm 22 (cont’d) Application / Lesson • Jesus was totally confident in God, and like faithful Abraham and David, knew that he would be raised from the dead. This certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life is a basic Bible teaching, a core confidence of the faithful believer (see below + Acts 26: 6 -8, 1 Corinthians 15: 1 -20, 2 Corinthians 4: 13 -14). "…with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead, I am on trial (Acts 23: 6) … having a hope in God which they accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust… (Acts 24: 15). . . For I delivered to you as of first importance. . that Christ died for our the sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised…in accordance with the scriptures (1 Cor 15: 3 -4)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 110 “The LORD says to my lord. . . Who wrote it: David When: Around 1000 BC Audience: presumably contemporary worshippers of the LORD + future generations who would comprehend that this was a messianic prophecy Setting: Likely after David received the far-reaching promises of God, per 2 Samuel 7. David realized that when he went in to "sit before the LORD", he was performing the privileged role of a king-priest, comparable to Melchizedek, "king of Salem. . . priest of God Most High" (Genesis 14: 18). He also realized that his "lord" was the Messiah, the promised "son" of David who would be exalted by the LORD and rule in Zion forever.

OT Prophecy - Psalm 110 (cont’d) Psalm 110 is quoted 27 times in the New Testament = obviously important {1}The LORD says to my lord: "Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. Explicitly applied to Jesus (Acts 2: 34 -36) and stated to be fulfilled when he ascended to God on high (Hebrews 1: 3); Argued by Jesus himself in the debate with the Pharisees (Luke 20: 41 -44) {2} The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes! Ties directly to the scenario in Psalms 2; scepter = symbolic of kingship {3} Your people will offer themselves freely on the day you lead your host upon the holy mountains. . . Predicts the repentance and reconciliation of the Jews to Jesus (Romans 11: 26 -27, Matthew 23: 39)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 110 (cont’d) {4} The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. " Explicitly applied to Jesus (Hebrews 5: 6, 10) and shown to be practiced in his mediator role (Hebrews 4: 14 -16) {5} The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. Ties directly to the scenario in Psalms 2 + to the "time of the end" shattering in Daniel 12: 7 {6} He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses, he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth. Predicts Christ's judgment and destruction of the nations; when Christ comes to reign, Scripture says "the nations raged, but thy wrath came, and the time for … destroying the destroyers of the earth" (Revelation 11: 18)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 110 (cont’d) Application / Lesson Melchizedek • original person • king of Salem • priest of God Most High • name = “king of righteousness” David • prototype of Messiah • king of Jerusalem • did priestly things (instruct people, ate the shewbread) • name = “beloved” Jesus • the Messiah (Christ) • future king of Jerusalem* • high priest after the order of Melchizedek • name = “Yah(God) saves” + also called 'beloved' Understanding the Old Testament background to New Testament teaching not only enriches our appreciation of the Word of God but helps us to perceive where there is multiple fulfillment of Bible prophecy. We come to expect it. And we can anticipate the complete* fulfillment of many prophecies, when Jesus returns as King of kings and Lord of lords.

More Multiple Fulfillment Psalm 22 A. D. 30 fulfillment Initial fulfillment David's own experience? entirely prophetic insight? Unfolds in the thoughts and experience of Jesus on the cross Psalm 110 1000 B. C. setting Future fulfillment Predicted certainty of Jesus to destroy the enemy nations and to lead his people back to God. Based upon his recent understanding of God's promises, that the Messiah Explicitly applied to Jesus as a high priest would be a king-priest exalted by the LORD and + implicitly as David's "Lord". The Christ is greater than even great king David. rule over his enemies A. D. 30 fulfillment

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 "O God, do not keep silence Who wrote it: Asaph, who could be the chief musician in David's time (2 Chron 5: 12, Neh 12: 46) or one of the sons of Asaph in the time of king Jehoshaphat (2 Chron 20: 14 -15) When: Depends on which Asaph Audience: Those hearers who would be encouraged by the victory in the (recent) past brought about by faith in the LORD Setting: If in David's time, the circumstance would be the hostility of the nearby nations (cf. 2 Sam 5: 17 -25, 8: 1 -13, Ps 60: 6 -8). If in the time of Jehoshaphat, the circumstance would be the invasion by Moab and Ammon + allies (2 Chron 20: 1). In either case, the LORD was the cause of victory, as He was in the days of the Judges, which is the backdrop of this Psalm.

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) {1} O God, do not keep silence; do not hold thy peace or be still, O God! An urgent appeal to God to listen and intervene. . . {2} For lo, thy enemies are in tumult; those who hate thee have raised their heads. … because His enemies are making noises (rhetoric!). . . {3} They lay crafty plans against thy people; they consult together against thy protected ones. … against His people Israel, those whom He promised to take care of. {4} They say, "Come, let us wipe The enemies of Israel are them out as a nation; let the name plotting its total annihilation. . . of Israel be remembered no more!"

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) {5} Yea, they conspire with one accord; against thee they make a covenant -- The conspiracy is really against God Himself {6} the tents of Edom 1 and the Ishmaelites 2, Moab 3 and the Hagrites 4, {7} Gebal 5 and Ammon 6 and Amalek 7, Philistia 8 with the inhabitants of Tyre 9; The conspirators are the immediate neighbors of Israel; if these ancient names were mapped into modern lands, they = Jordan, Lebanon, parts of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (see map on next slide) {8} Assyria 10 also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Assyria is not close to Israel, yet is the 10 th enemy to join the covenant of destruction.

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) The nations who conspire against Israel ASSYRIA Mediterranean Sea Where are those countries and peoples today? • Syria • Lebanon GEBAL TYRE AMMON ISHMAELITES MOAB PHILISTINES AMALEK EDOM HAGARENES • Jordan Nile Sinai Red Sea • Gaza Strip

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) Refers back to the time of the {9} Do to them as thou didst to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the Judges when God worked through 'little people' of faith like river Kishon, {10} who were destroyed at Endor, who became dung for the ground. Deborah, Barak and Gideon to overthrow their very formidable enemies (Judges 7: 22, 4: 15, 23) {11} Make their nobles like Oreb and These great Midianite leaders Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and were killed by weak but faithful Zalmunna, Gideon (Judges 7: 25, 8: 21) {12} who said, "Let us take The plunderers left nothing for possession for ourselves of the man or beast (Judges 6: 3 -6) pastures of God. " {13} O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind Tie to Daniel 2: 35 which predicts a similar end to the image of man's kingdoms.

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) {14} As fire consumes the forest, as Vivid metaphors of fire and storm the flame sets the mountains ablaze, illustrate how God's fury will be {15} so do thou pursue them with thy perceived by His enemies; the natural elements are also literally tempest and terrify them with thy used to fulfill prophecy - Ps 148: 8 hurricane! {16} Fill their faces with shame, that Why shame these enemies? To convert them to God's way! they may seek thy name, O LORD. But if they will not change, then {17} Let them be put to shame and they will perish; this is the dismayed for ever; let them perish in teaching of John 3: 16 -18 disgrace. {18} Let them know that thou alone, Whether it is reconciliation (the preferred result) or destruction, whose name is the LORD, art the LORD will be rightly seen as Most High over all the earth the Most High (e. g. , 2 Kings 19: 24)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 Linkage Dan 2: 34 -45 Gen 15: 19 • 10 nations • to be displaced when Israel takes promised land • 10 toes • part of image • non-Israel • broken in pieces Dan 7: 20 -27 • 10 horns • part of 4 th beast • persecute saints • destroyed by God Ps 83 Profile • 10 nations • against Israel • initial win • then overthrown by God Ezek 35: 1 -36: 7 • Mt. Seir / Edom • perpetual enmity • seized the heights • dispossessed by God Obadiah 1: 1 -21 • Edom • gloat over disaster • cut off fugitives • paid back by God Joel 3: 1 -19 • Tyre, Sidon, Philistia • despised the people • divided up the land • paid back by God

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) Application / Lesson What do Israel's enemies say? Assaults on Israel Mediterranean Sea HAMAS Nile EGYPT PLO Red Sea • Egypt's Nasser in 1967 war ". . . the extermination of Zionist existence" • The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Charter - 1968 ". . . the liquidation of Israel" • The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas - "zeal") - 1988 "Israel will exist…until Islam will obliterate it" • Journalistic rhetoric (2001) see Reference Material for Week 3

Ancestry of the Jews and Arabs Terah Haran Lot Moab Abraham Ishmael Isaac Ammon Esau *Amalek ** Arabs Midian Jacob Jews (Israel) * God declared perpetual war (Exodus 17: 16) ** Modern Palestinians trace back to here

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) Application / Lesson • Today's Jew-Arab conflict has its roots in animosity and disputes that began in Abraham's time. Only God can resolve that conflict, and He will (e. g. , Isaiah 19: 19 -24; also see video tape Conflict in the Middle East -to be resolved by God ) • The objective to destroy the nation of Israel in modern times is a fact of record and evident from the repeated declaration of jihad, fanatical rhetoric and continued acts of terrorism. The time is coming when Israel will be overrun, ravaged, and exiled = the stage will be set for the LORD's intervention (Luke 21: 20 -24, Zechariah 14: 1 -9)

OT Prophecy - Psalm 83 (cont’d) Application / Lesson • Like Gideon, who naturally feared the power and ravaging of the plunderer yet became strong in the LORD by his faith and obedience, we should be willing to be used by God to take a stand for His purpose. "The Lord knows who are his" and always delivers His people (Hebrews 11: 32 -39, 2 Timothy 2: 19) • Because there are terrible times predicted for Israel, we should "pray for the peace of Jerusalem" = that God will intervene and send Jesus soon (Psalm 122: 6, Isaiah 62: 6 -8) • Because we may have begun to experience the time when there is "distress of nations…men fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world", we are to "take heed to yourselves …praying that you may have strength to … stand before the Son of man" (Luke 21: 25 -26)

The Outworking of Bible Prophecy Psalm 22 - prophesies Jesus’ anguish on the cross, and his ultimate victory Psalm 16 - prophesies the certainty of Jesus being raised from the dead Psalm 110 - prophesies the exaltation of Jesus as king-priest, to sit at God’s right hand in heaven, from where he would return when the time was right* Psalm 83 - prophesies the nation of Israel being the target of annihilation by surrounding hostile Gentiles and how they cry for God to intervene and save them Psalm 2 * So what happens here? - prophesies Jesus as established by God as king of the Jews in Zion, and the subjugated nations planning a rebellion that is doomed to fail

Review Psalm 22 prophesies about Jesus’ _____ experience. a) Proof of this is found in the numerous ________cross-references. b) Although it may have appeared that God had forsaken him, Jesus knew from the full passage that God would ______ him. Psalm 110 prophesies about the exaltation of David’s ____. a) David understood from the LORD that one day in the future, his own special offspring -- the Christ -- would _____ over David himself. b) Jesus was to be made a king-priest after the order of _____. Psalm 83 describes enemy Gentiles out to _______ Israel. a) These hostile people find their counterparts in today’s ____. b) As in the time of the Judges when God "sold them into the power of of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer withstand their enemies", Israel will cry out to God to send them a ____.

Key Point To Take-away The Psalms are Messianic prophecies which point to Jesus, the Christ of God; he fulfilled the 'suffering' psalms during his First Coming and he will fulfill the 'kingdom' psalms at his Second Coming

OT Prophecies to be discussed next week (you can read in advance) • Isaiah 53, 11, 2 - prophetic of Jesus' ministry and sacrifice, Jesus as righteous judge, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem • Jeremiah 25, 31 - predicted captivity of Judah for 70 years + cup of God's wrath; predicted restoration of Judah + a new covenant • Ezekiel 3 -5, 26, 29 - discussion of Ezekiel as a 'man of sign'; detailed predicted overthrow and ultimate destruction of the city of Tyre

Question / Answer Session + To be continued. . .